Syria's Assad breaks silence

Assad says he didn’t plan to flee Syria, according to presidency Telegram account
Assad’s departure from the country was unplanned, according to a statement posted Monday on the Syrian Presidency Telegram account, purporting to be from Assad.
Ousted Syrian leader Assad says he had planned to keep fighting but the Russians evacuated him
Ousted Syrian leader Assad says he had planned to keep fighting but the Russians evacuated him
Middle East latest: Assad says he had no plans to leave Syria but was evacuated by Russians
Ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their base in western Syria came under attack.
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Live Updates: Al-Assad Didn’t Plan to Flee Syria, Statement Says
Bashar al-Assad appeared to give his first account of leaving for Russia as rebels seized Syria, claiming he wanted to stay and fight, in a statement posted to social media and reported by Russian state outlets.
'I didn't intend to leave Syria' - purported statement by Assad says
In what appears to be his first reaction since fleeing Syria, the former president says Russia decided to airlift him to Moscow.
President Assad says he didn't leave Syria voluntarily in first statement from Russia
President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia with his family where he was granted asylum on "humanitarian grounds" as rebels took over Damascus and Khmeimim Air Base came under "intensified" drone strikes.
Assad says he was forced to flee Syria from Russian military base
Follow the latest on Syria Syria's former president Bashar Al Assad said his exit to Moscow was "not planned", in his first public statement since fleeing to Russia a week ago. Mr Al Assad left after a 12-day lightning offensive led by rebel group Hayat Tahrir Al Sham left Syrian Army soldiers abandoning their posts and officials
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